Talib Kweli, Madlib, Q-Tip & Wildchild In ‘One For Biz’ Video

Talib Kweli and Madlib have introduced collectively a couple of pals to pay tribute to the late Biz Markie in a brand new video.

The clip, launched Tuesday (January 9), is for the observe “One For Biz” off of the artists’ joint Liberation 2 mission from final yr. The video contains a verse from Wildchild, who’s a member of Madlib’s group Lootpack.

Q-Tip seems on the track, appropriately interpolating Biz’s hook on “No person Beats the Biz,” which was itself a homage to a beloved industrial jingle. Nonetheless, the ATCQ member doesn’t present up within the video.

You’ll be able to see the clip under.

The legendary Hip Hop legacy of Biz Markie, who died in 2021, was burnished by director Sacha Jenkins’ 2023 documentary All Up In The Biz.

“Biz Markie is the pure essence of Hip Hop,” Jenkins informed Southern Laced upon the discharge of the movie’s preliminary trailer. “He believed in [it], he lived it, he harnessed its powers. Most individuals don’t know that he used these powers to energy up a number of the tradition’s best poets after which some. I used to be lucky to fulfill with Biz when he was alive so to have the chance to convey him again to life now that he isn’t right here … it’s a particular movie.”

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Born Marcel Theo Corridor in 1964, Biz Markie received his begin in New York Metropolis earlier than relocating to Washington D.C. In 1988, Biz dropped his debut album Goin Off, which incorporates the singles “Make the Music With Your Mouth, Biz,” “No person Beats the Biz”, “Vapors” and “Pickin’ Boogers.”

The comedic nature of his music quickly earned him the nickname “The Clown Prince of Hip Hop” and he continued pumping out albums all through the late ’80s and early ’90s.

However it was his 1989 sophomore album The Biz By no means Sleeps that catapulted him to worldwide notoriety, because of the hit single “Only a Pal.” The observe reached No. 9 on the Billboard Scorching 100, whereas the album peaked at No. 66 on the Billboard 200.